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DUBLIN, Nov. 2 . ; . MURDER it.'tzt; ROEBERY. Tlie follOWing more particulars respecting the, dreadful outrage coca-, milted in the neighbourhood of ToOme Bridge, on the gth inst. . " About midnight, five or more armed men en tered the house of Alexander M"Cullogb, a respec-, table farmer. They had taken off two windows, by which meads they got in unnoticed. Every -pos sible resi s t a n ce w as, ma d e ; b ut t l- e villains succeed ed, in consequence of their niamher and preparation, for there were none in the house capable of opposing. thenr; but .Mr. M'Cullogh and his•.son, a youth of 16 . The father -they ~ murdered, .having stabbed him in upwards of _'2O . places;. but his death, appears to have been .occasioned by, blows upon his bead. with a hatchet: His son, , who bravely assisted in endeavouring to repel - : thern, has been' severely wounded ; but hopes are now entertained_ of his re cover y. The housekeeper has likewise received some blows on the, head. But their barbarity did not stop here. Children,- who from their age were ,incapable of offering . any resistance, they have 'vounded in the most inhuman manner. They Oita! proceeded to plunder the house of every, thing port '!e ; but failed. in getting money, unless a small • Irr, as cash to - a considerable amount has since .ound in the house: In the morning, the l ' . glibnurhood wad alarmed; search was made, , but Intelligence of thd perpetrators of this horrid deed as. yet • been received. However, it is hoped - that tn e exertions Gf thOse gentlemen, who have alreat.ly 11 Sed the most active endeavours for their discovery, Will at length succeed in bringing them to deserved punishment. CATHOLIC PETITION. DUBLIN, Nov. 16.—The last reading of the Cat Ito lie Petition occasioned some debate, and several al terations and amendments were proposed. The Gentlemen who distinguished themselves upon the Occasion, were, Messrs. O'Gorman, Scully, Hdssey, O 'Connell, and Dr. Droingool. A motion, however, for making an Amendment to the Petition being negatived, it was resolved that' it should stand in its present 'form. .. Mr. O'Connel . then moved, that the transmission bf . the Petition 'be trusted-to the Earl of Fingal, which Was unanimously agreed to. Mr. O'Connell proposed, that five Members of ‘ k lt CoMmittee should attend Lord Fingal upon the lttasion,,,and give their assistance to his Lordship. hit proposition was rejeEted. Mr. O'Connell. also. proposed, that the - Petition Should , ret;ville :, _b be presented to . the House of Lordsy Lord and‘to the House of Commiins; by rattan.— Agreedio. tt Committee of eleven were then cbbsen, on The motion of Mr. O'Connell, to prepare a Digest of the ..)lievauces affetaing the' Catholic Body, after which the meeting adjourned. , . • BELFAST, Nova 18.—Extra& of. a Letter . from L'ushrnills, dated Nov. 16 On Tuesday evening last tw o small vessels were seen off Port Balharrae, beating to the 'east.' The• wind increasing during the night ; Mr. Robert Gamble, coast officer of this plate, kept a look-out, and early next morning CdOvered too evident proof's of a wreck having taken place. Part of a long-boat, a black dog, and ‘,grrxit number of splinters, were found on the u "kh, and on making furthersearch, eleven firkins .° 1 butter, marked A. W. Keely, Sligo,' were also found . ander Dunlnee Castle. These are in did posseision of Mr. Gamble and Mr. James Moore,. of Dunluce, by whose joint exertions they were Saved, and who, with the assistance of the Giant's Causeway Yeomanry, continue to preserve what may be dfilted *on shore. It is supposed that one of the above vessels ran on a dangerous rock, called the Stirks, which lies between the Sherries and the ruins of Dunluce Castle. Much praise is due to 'Mr. Gamble, for the indefatigable exertions made by Ilitn to save and preserve part of the wreck_anct 'Cargo of this ill-fated vessel." COVENT-GARDEN THEATRE.—We have to repeat °t)r congratulations to the public at large, and.,our "'surances that they are likely to have an opportunity °f enjoying their favourite amusement hereafter, ' v ithout let or molestation. At least the aspe& of alTaltts last night, which were even more tranquil than the preceding evdiling, will abundantly justify Us in the indulgence of such a hope, The Comedy of The Way to get Married was .heard with atten tion by a numerous audience, and the Performers in general seemed to be so much.gratified with an op portunity of exerting their talents without disturb ance and insult, that they displayed a more than degree of spirit and alacrity. The only no ",elties in the alit, as it is called, were Mr. EGER-, in the part of Capt. Falkner, and JONES in that ° f Tangent. Mr. EGERTON sustained his pert in a r espectable manner, and JoNES, as usual, imitated the airy and spirited model of Lewis. Between the acts 'a few faint attempts were made to excite the spirit of discontent, by higsiug, but the audience had been settled into such attention; and took such an interest in the draMatic representation, that find ing _no chance of raising an effectual clamour, the fey> opponents of the Proprietors sunk into silence. The Afterpiece of Don Juan went off with tlie same success, and there was no disturbance after the drop- Ping of the curtain. THE LYCEUM.—The comedy of The Poor Gentle '4an was last night represented at this . Theatre, qiiefiy for the purpoSe of introducing' a new Per t ,4tner in the part of Emily Worthington. Thd Young Lady who. appeared on this occasion possesses Ipleasing face and person, with expressive eyes.-- 4 luch allowance ought-to be made tor a young ad.:. , l 'enturer, for the first time, before the awful iii nunal of a London audience, and therefore We are . nut disposed to enter 'too minutely into an . examina tion of her merits. She displayed a degree of feeling Suitable the part, but there was nothing very striking i n her performance altogether. The part of Frederick kiss represented by Mr. WRENCH, who, whatever may be his merits or detects, certainly takes pains. - tie is,' hoWever, by no means refined in his gaiety, e nd when he has something of a sentimental na ''tre to deliver, he delivers it with a kind of :tragic .!lolence more likely to affe& the ear.' than tile Ile att.—MATHEws had all his usual whinviti . 0//a- PO4 ! --The new farce of NW . Not at Home :IS • now` in publiclavour.---MATHEws and Mrs. Ort - oik are its 'chief supporters, but it would bi'tinjust to pass over OxBERRY, in the Black, who, though . he .'as little to utter but the title of the piece, varies 't With admiraWe skill and effect. POE 71-117. THE SEA I3ESCH.--MIUNIGH When the rude surges steike the sounding shore, . And scatter, on the beach, their starry foam ; When midnight tenvests wake old OceAn's roast; On the deserted strand I love to roam : And there to mark the Vivid lightining 144) , ,, • And hear the rol ling thunder's awful voice— These may impose on happy minds dismay, But care-torn souls amid such scenes rejoice. , tor, oh ! my bosom echoes back the storm, And the rough roar my .sighs indignant mock-; - I j-,y to see dark clouds the.skies deform, • And smile at Nature's deep contrulsive shock When from behind sonic murky cloud, the Moon Darts on the tow'ring cliff a transi.:nt ray ; • Till the swift driving scud obscures night's noon, And hurrying winds uplift the dirtken'd spray : When from the cavern, 'neath the sea-worn rock, The flirting forms of shipwreck'd seamen glide; And some lost, screaming sea-bird seeks tile tock, And wirgs - his way o'er the tumultuous tide : - I hail the storm that seems to shake the Pole, mark with joy the rude commotion swell ; For, oh ! the roar that tears my burthen'd sour Bids it rejoice amid was scenes le dwell. But, hark, t'increase the elemental jar, Some new-born hurror presses on my ear Th'im ploring minute-gun sounds from.afar, And . wakes - for others woes the anxious fear= I mark the flash—follows the sullen sounds t And mournful rolls along the rnadd'ning wave; On th' iron-bound coast reverberates around, And warns the tear-struck sailor to his grave. And now I hear the mingled cry of death — What screams of terror pierce my anguisli'd breast I IVly lite seems gone—hortor suspends my breath, And thy whole soul's by sympathy opprest— ' And sec, the vessel nears thefatal shore, _ _ Vain are their efforts—on the rock she drive— One hope is felt—they ply thi eager-oar ' And to the boat commit their doubtful lives lleav'n smiles—the storm recedes— they reach theland; Illy, and hail their welcome to the shore; And - as they grateful press the saving strand, 1 lead them to a Briton's friendly door : as There, mingle in their honest mirth, And in the cheering bowl their sorrows drown, .1 praise the Pow'r who gave the transport birth, And as their griefs subside, forget my own ! Lyceum Theatre. T, MARSHALL. CADIZ, OCT. 30. . The changes that were agitated in the beginning of the month, in the departments of Government,„ and'which were immediately necessary for the sal vation of the country, are not yet, as far as any man of sense can see, one moment nearer their execu tion ; and a supposition prevails, which ruayitr may not be well founded, that the4e alterations were only, brought into notice to amuse a cliscbntented people, but 'were never meant to be carried into eifeEt. The opinions entertained regarding these changes, are as erroneods asihey are numerous, for no one, not even I believe the Members of the Junta them selves, know what is to be done. The Marquis de la Romana has heen called from an active and useful service at the head of his brave artily, under the vain idea of patching a rotten Government which never can be mended, and which must be complete ly destroyed before any solid good can be done for Spain. . _ All the exertions of the Marquis Wellesley (and they have been great) to enforce a reformation, ,have come to r,oll - 4iug. The party of the Jubta is too strong; and having thus uselessly/Wasted his time, he is expe&ed in a few days to take leave of Seville and of Spain, to which, witit the best will in the world, he has been= unable to render any benefit. The people of the country, speaking in general terms, are as energetic in the patriotic cause as they could be wished; but they have few leaders on whom they can depend. Of what Spaniards . are capable Gerona is an eternal monument, Where un daunted bravery and gallant petseverance hai made the armies'of France tremble at her name. Blake possesses the entire confidence of all classes, and deservedly; his military skill is not small, and his courage and patriotism are undoubted. The de fea of the whole plan is, that the people have no head to look to. 'That is the radical error, and until it is remedied all must go wrong. A marriage under the followlng extraordinary cir cumstances took, place a few days ago at Greystock, near Penrith. The parties were a journeyman shoe . maker and a ybung 'woman of a corresponding situa tion. It seems, that in the course of the preceding week Crispin had been committed to Carlisle'gaol on a Charge-of -bastardy ; but, after a short negociation with the parish officers, he was liberated on condi• tion of becOming the partner through life of the in jured nymph. This son of the last, however, as the end will l!emonstrate, still proved averse to the match ; for, on arriving at the church door; he waxed cold, and instead of advancing to the altar of Hymen, instantly set off from his intended bride, with all the speed of a Harlequin ; -ind it was , only after the con stables, (fortunately of no ordinary swiftness) had pursued him a considerable distance, that he was brough% hack ; after which, the ceremony, was very lovingly completed. • Yesterday William Fyanders, who was apprehend ed some days since, was charged with stealing a great coat and a bundle of linen, which was found in his possession, and which he pretended to have had from a stranger to.carry, but no person appearing to claim th 6 property, the prisoner was suffered to gb at liberty. The constable brought him again before the Lord Mayor, and told him the property was owned. A Mr. Clark,. from Stockwell, stated the coat and bundle to be his , property, which was stolen from the Bull Inn, Whitechapel, the same night the pri soner was apprehended, he having left it there to go by the Colchester coach; that tbe linen had his Initials on them: Nlr. Nelson, of the Bull Inn, said he received the coat and :bundle from Mr.' Clark, which he put down in the warehouse to be sent by the Colchester coach, but found they were stolen, as were three other great coats from the same place some time since. ThompsonJhe officer. said, he saw the prisoner with two boys, about six,in the evening,. come from the Bull Inn, the - ,prisoner carrying the great coin, which he threw down when he saw the witriess.— The prisoner was fully committed to take•his trial. pugilistic contest will shortly take place betwixt Nicholls; the Bristol man, who beat Crib at Black water three years ago, and Richmond the blaCk.— The latter received a challenge from Niebolls i which was accepted; and-'the contest will take place in a fortmEht. Nkholls is rather the favourite. LA IP REPO ?(E. COURT OF KlNG's bENCH, Nov. 24. • Nearly the whole of the day was consurueain hearing arguments upon Special Cases, none of Which were of public interest. _ Mr, WALTorg moved fora Rule to shew cause why a piisoner should 'not be discharged out of cus tody', .and why the attachment against him should not he set aside. ft was stated by the . . Learned Gentleman, that the person had been attached for the non •payinent of costs—that those costs were due before the Ist of February; the day on, which the iitsolv,ent Ad limits the discharge, of debtork, and it was further stated that this person .had been discharged as to all the . other adions against hiin. The Court inquired whetheethesecostS had, been taxed, and when the taxation' took place. Mr. WALTON replied, that The Bole for taxing was thoyea for some days previdus to the 'lst of Vebroary, but that in fad it was not made ab r sOlUte until some days after.- The Court then observed, that the Rule could not begranted, for in 663, the debt had bk.rt accrued till after the period at which the Legislature had fixed the limitation of the, benefits of the act in ques tion.--Rule refused. COURT OF EXCIII,QUER, Nov. 24. AI`CULLUM AND OTHERS V. GEN. CHRISTOPHE AND .•-• GOODALL, This suit was instituted for a discovery by the Underwriters upon the ship Earl Bathurst and cargo, belonging to Mr. Goodall (the Admiral of Hayti), against him and General Christophe (the President of Hayti), to which the defendant, Mr. Goodall, had put in a full and complete answer. The Underwriters had obtained an order to amend the bill.. Mr. SOLICITOR-GENERAL now moved to clis, charge that order. It aiweared; from . the affidavit of Mr. Fletcher, the defendant's Solicitor, that the original bill was filed by the Underwriters' in May last ; that Mr.. Goodall immediately afterwards put in his answer, and then . proceeded to trial in the aetians brought by him upon the policies against the Underwriters, and obtained five distinCt. verdids.— That some of the Underwriters had since become bankrupts; and that. the defendant, Mr. Goodall, was gone abroad. The Learned, Counsel then, in very pointed terms, cOmmented on the hardships which Mr. Goodall had endured from the litigation and expence in which he had been involved. by the proceedings adopted by the host of attornies engaged by the Underwriters against him, and Concluded by saying, that the order to amend bad been resorted to by them, in the absence of Mr. Goodall, for the mere purpose of vexation and delay. The Court, after hearing Counsel for the Under writers, expressed their disapprobation of the pro ceeding, and discharged the order obtained by them to amend. They are also to pay the costs of this PALACE COURT, Nov .'24. DUBOIS V. CLEMENTS. This was an aEtion of assault, and the damages were laid at twenty pounds The parties were fo reigners. The defendant is master of a large board ing -school at Chelsea, and the plaintiff was, till lately, his usher; some disagreement, hoWever, having arisen between them,' he was discharged ;, since the time of his discharge; the family of the de fendant has been frequently disturbed late at night by some person ringing the gate bell, and afterwards running away. 'These repeated interruptions in duced the defendant to watch for the person , who occasioned them ; accordingly, the next suspicious ring which came, he and his servant being "on the alert, rushed out, when he, perceived the plaintiff very near the gate; he immediately charged hitn, with having rung the bell, and an altercation en sued between them ; during the altercation, the plaintiff received a slap on the side of his face; this was the grievouS'assault complained of..—ln defenCe it was urged, that the plaintiff pushed the defendant previous-to his giving him, the blow on'the The Jury found arerdict for the plaintiff—Damages one firiliing. COURT OF COMMON PLEAS, Nov. 24. SITTINGS AT NISI PRIUS, BEFORE silt JAMES MANS- FIELD, AT GUILDHALL, LONDON. NEAL V. DUEWICK. This was an action brought by the Plaintiff to re cover the amount of a Bill of Exchange accepted by the Defendant. Serjeant SHEPHERD, for the Defendant, ot,) , served, that it seemed to be an accepted notion amongst the _Gentlemen at the Bar, that if an ac tion was brought on a Bill of ExChange, .the natural result necessarily must be, that the case would re main Undefended, and the Plaintiff gain his - cause without further trouble. He ,confessed that he was himself in the habit, at times, of drawing simi lar conclusions; but notwithstanding, he believed there were few instances in which ,there were more just grounds of complaint than in the transactions so generally carried on in the course of trade, in which,. for. the sake of convenience, recourse was• had to drawing and accepting Bills of Exchange, in the practice of which he had no doubt many very serious frauds were pra&ised with impunity. .The present case, he aveered, was a convincing proof of the jus tice of hiS remarks. He then stated that the De fendant, his client, had applied to a person of the name of Marsh,_' who was a kind of discounter by commission, to get a Bill of Exchange of his own discounted for 2501. and in order to make the mat ter appear more' regular, it was agreed that Mr. Marsh should draw on the 'Defendant for the amount mentioned, which he was to accept. These terms having been complied with, Marsh went to the Plaintiff, with whom he had some dealings, arid tendered! him the. bill to discount. The Plaintiff said he ;bad! no objeetion: to comply With this quest, provided Marsh would allow him to dedad 901. the balance of an account pending between them. To this Marsh agreed, and the Plaintiff ap pOinted him to call on the .ensuing day; in order to receive a check for the difference between the Bill of Exchange and the said go), but on his coming at the time appointed, the Plaintiff refused to perform his promise, , unless Marsh would agree to suffer him to deduEt a further sum of 1. the balance of another account which Marsh had also With To This proposition Marsh would not ar , ree,, and the Plaihtiti refused to return the bill, unless his terms wtre complied with. Marsh . aiterwards . cent: - Ipe, - 7 son who tendered the two sums of 991., and ,431. to the Plaintiff; .and desired t! at the. hill of the Pe . .. fendant might he .retutned liowever; would :not comply with. his reques.t, but declared his 'resolution to LeeP the bill. In the 'Usual course the, bill 6ecame._ due, and on its being tendered for payment to the Defendant, he refused to honour it, on the ground o f va l ue never h av i ng . been received. , To recover the amounts; therefereY of , the bi11,.-the present . a&ioti was brought. The Learned. Serjeant trusted, if .he was able -to sub: stantiate these circumstances; thZi,Court would cone cur, with him that theDefenclant was entitled to a In corroboration. of this,stateruent, he Called Marsh, and the person sent . to demand the bill' and tender the balances alleged to be due, who by their, testimony fully-proved - the- correalnei of 'the case stated bvihe Learned'Serjeain..-iLii: . , . , Serjeant BEST, for the Plaintiff, by the cress~ 'examination, and the evidence, of an. Attorney natned,RickS, endeavoured. to prove that Marsh. had tendered:the bill in question to the Pl.2in; lac in pair anent 'of the debts . dtie-by the said Marsh to him ; and Mr. Ricks stated, that•having received instruc tions from Mr. Neale. to sue Marsh for th e -t wo sums of yol. and 481. Marsh bad told hirti that.the bill. of the present Defendant wax paid to Mr. Neale in liquidatiop such debts.: Mr. Berit , ant therefore argued, tlOt if this was the fati, of, which he had no dcubt, the Plaintiff was fully justified in aaion. Sir JAML,7S IVlAts:srsr.o was of opinion,. that if the bill alludad to had realty been tendered to the Plain: , tiff for Value received for the debts alleged to be due by Marsh, most certainly he had a legal right to demand payment thereof ; but if, on .the con: , trary, as stated by Marsh,..no.stich offer orpropo sition had been made, and v a l ue h a d nut been -e* ceived for the bill, then the Defendant was not boUnd to pay it.when presented. The decision on the justice of the case, however, be.should leave to the Jury-: His Lordship then summed up the. evi dence,-and- the Jury having considered a short time, returned.a verdidt for. the Defendant. HLTTCHI NS' V. An application was matte for a Rtile to, spew cause why an Attachment should not issue againit an Attorney for not paying the sum of 281. ac cording to the'Prothonotary's Decree, and, why hi should not deliver-up certain Papers which he with+ held belonging to the Plaintiff. Mr. Serjtant BEST shelved Cause in the first in stance against the Rule. , With respe& to the mo ney, that he could not be called upon, to pay over; for being a bankrupt, and the debt having arisen prior to his bankruptcy,'or course the law cancel led his demand, so far as it related to him. As' to the papers, they were in the hands of the Assignees, and he had no wish to restrain thenrfrom del z.ering them up. The "Court, at the request of the Plaintit.''s Coun sel, allowed the matterto stand over fora few s dapi, in order that.. he might be ptepated to ingoire into the statements now made. • , Bow-sTREET:'-- . —Yesterday, George Eade, a liver'y stable-keeper, at 13th ni inpton-row, was sumoned before Mr. NARES, the Sitting Magistrate; to she cause why a gelding, in his possession, stolen froth Nicholas Flack,. a livery stable-keeper, of the' Red, Lion, the Surrey side of Westminster. bridge, should not be restored. It appeared, that on the '24th day of OClOber last, Rotert Norton, the man in custody on a charge of stealing a horse from the livery stables„at Moor gate, and sold it in a few hours after, at a Stables in Halcon-street, Grosvenor-place,- but since his con finement, has cut his flu - Dat, in the • New Pri son ; Clerket.vell, went to Mr. Flack's stables, .and hired aliorse to go to HeunsloW Barracki; but there is every reason-to believe he - rode it dire6lly to Col lins'slivery stables, at - Brompton, and put it up to' bait. He told the ostler, the horse belonged to a' friend of 'his, - from Lincolnshire, who was in tress, and :he 'wanted' to sell it for him ; and asked the ostler the days they sold horses at Tattersali's and- Aldridge's . ; the „ostler told him, he thought - he could get him a customer,for Norton told him if he did, hd would make him a present of the sad dle and bridle.: 'The .:ostler accordingly 'infrodticecl Norton to Mr. Bade., Norton- asked. thirteen gui neas for it, but at length took 101. and gave -the .ostler The saddles and • Mr.Eade produced the s'addle and bridle at Weblike, and Mr. Flack's son, who. let. the horse,. -also,:his ideniified the horse to be Mr. Flack's property ; upon which Mr. Bade agreed to give up'the- horse. Norton, remains extremely bad frorn- the wound he gave himself in his throat, while the gaoler was gone to procure a coach, to bring him to the Office, last`Monday, for :examination: He perpetrated the horrid deed ~Nith a razor ; and to enable himself to lieve power to cut his throat with it, he tied the blade fait to - the han dle with sortie worsted with which he had hung 'a a fof,vl,to roast on Friday. ' The distressing. case of the.. robbery of Carolina Wilcox, who, was robbed of all her money; amount- ing to upwards of 2001. and all her clothes, when she was about to set off, by the LiVerpcol coach, for Ireland,. on Sunday morning, from the • Goided Cross; :Charing-Cross, excited so much compaSsion with the Gentlemen in Bow-street Office, Ow, they made a liberal subscription for her -; Mr. READ also ordered her property to. be adVertiso34.A; tb,d expence of the Office. The stateMent of , the transadion, -in the papers Of yesterday, caused several subscription& 'to be sent to the Office'. SHOCKING ACCIDENT.L-A Young Lady, of the' name of Soan, the daughter:of Mr. Soan, a meal ,, tran'at- Shepley. Mills, Surrey, was drowned in sight of two of her sisters on Monday last. She was lean ing over a rail at the mill-head, when it gate way, and she was plunged into the water. . She was i n a moment entangled in one of the -large wheels of the mill, "and her body was racked in pieces, so that only part, of her remains Were found: - The deceased was 17 years of age, and the,pride.of bei On Tuesday last a woman calling herself Hobson Smith, and representing herself ,to be a soldier's wife, whose husband was at Waleberen, was fully com mitted to - the gaol of Deal to take her trial for p r iA vately stealing to the value of 20s. and upwar,t, i n the shop of Mr. 'Richare Young Footnur„ p,er of that place,